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Date: Fri, 3 Nov 1995 23:58:49 -0500 (EST)
From: Andrew Webster <andrew@fortress.org>
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Subject: Strange ifconfig behaviour!
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Can anyone explain this?

What follows are two snapshots of my ifconfig -a output taken a few 
minutes apart.  You'll notice that less tun devices are displayed when 
more slip connections are active!

Any ideas!?

The system is 2.1.0-950726-SNAP.

Thanks!


ep0: flags=863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX> mtu 1500
	inet 192.172.250.8 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.172.250.255
	ether 00:20:af:0c:25:2a 
lo0: flags=8009<UP,LOOPBACK,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
	inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 
sl0: flags=c011<UP,POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
	inet 199.84.157.19 --> 199.84.157.120 netmask 0xffffff00 
sl1: flags=d011<UP,POINTOPOINT,LINK0,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
	inet 199.84.157.2 --> 199.84.157.143 netmask 0xffffff00 
sl2: flags=c011<UP,POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
	inet 199.84.157.3 --> 199.84.157.142 netmask 0xffffff00 
sl3: flags=d011<UP,POINTOPOINT,LINK0,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
	inet 199.84.157.4 --> 199.84.157.84 netmask 0xffffff00 
sl4: flags=c011<UP,POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
	inet 199.84.157.5 --> 199.84.157.20 netmask 0xffffff00 
sl5: flags=c011<UP,POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
	inet 199.84.157.6 --> 199.84.157.65 netmask 0xffffff00 
sl6: flags=c011<UP,POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
	inet 199.84.157.7 --> 199.84.157.78 netmask 0xffffff00 
sl7: flags=d011<UP,POINTOPOINT,LINK0,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
	inet 199.84.157.8 --> 199.84.157.70 netmask 0xffffff00 
sl8: flags=d011<UP,POINTOPOINT,LINK0,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
	inet 199.84.157.9 --> 199.84.157.22 netmask 0xffffff00 
sl9: flags=d011<UP,POINTOPOINT,LINK0,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
	inet 199.84.157.10 --> 199.84.157.26 netmask 0xffffff00 
sl10: flags=c011<UP,POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
	inet 199.84.157.11 --> 199.84.157.116 netmask 0xffffff00 
sl11: flags=d011<UP,POINTOPOINT,LINK0,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
	inet 199.84.157.12 --> 199.84.157.121 netmask 0xffffff00 
sl12: flags=c011<UP,POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
	inet 199.84.157.13 --> 199.84.157.155 netmask 0xffffff00 
sl13: flags=c011<UP,POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
	inet 199.84.157.14 --> 199.84.157.45 netmask 0xffffff00 
sl14: flags=c010<POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
sl15: flags=c010<POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
tun0: flags=51<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING> mtu 1500
	inet 199.84.158.1 --> 199.84.158.16 netmask 0xffffff00 
tun1: flags=10<POINTOPOINT> mtu 1500
tun2: flags=10<POINTOPOINT> mtu 1500
tun3: flags=10<POINTOPOINT> mtu 1500
tun4: flags=10<POINTOPOINT> mtu 1500
tun5: flags=10<POINTOPOINT> mtu 1500
tun6: flags=10<POINTOPOINT> mtu 1500
tun7: flags=10<POINTOPOINT> mtu 1500
tun8: flags=10<POINTOPOINT> mtu 1500
tun9: flags=10<POINTOPOINT> mtu 1500
tun10: flags=10<POINTOPOINT> mtu 1500


... a little later ...
ep0: flags=863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX> mtu 1500
	inet 192.172.250.8 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.172.250.255
	ether 00:20:af:0c:25:2a 
lo0: flags=8009<UP,LOOPBACK,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
	inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 
sl0: flags=c011<UP,POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
	inet 199.84.157.19 --> 199.84.157.120 netmask 0xffffff00 
sl1: flags=d011<UP,POINTOPOINT,LINK0,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
	inet 199.84.157.2 --> 199.84.157.76 netmask 0xffffff00 
sl2: flags=c011<UP,POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
	inet 199.84.157.3 --> 199.84.157.142 netmask 0xffffff00 
sl3: flags=d011<UP,POINTOPOINT,LINK0,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
	inet 199.84.157.4 --> 199.84.157.84 netmask 0xffffff00 
sl4: flags=c011<UP,POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
	inet 199.84.157.5 --> 199.84.157.20 netmask 0xffffff00 
sl5: flags=c011<UP,POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
	inet 199.84.157.6 --> 199.84.157.65 netmask 0xffffff00 
sl6: flags=c011<UP,POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
	inet 199.84.157.7 --> 199.84.157.78 netmask 0xffffff00 
sl7: flags=c010<POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
sl8: flags=d011<UP,POINTOPOINT,LINK0,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
	inet 199.84.157.9 --> 199.84.157.22 netmask 0xffffff00 
sl9: flags=c010<POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
sl10: flags=c010<POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
sl11: flags=c010<POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
sl12: flags=d011<UP,POINTOPOINT,LINK0,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
	inet 199.84.157.13 --> 199.84.157.155 netmask 0xffffff00 
sl13: flags=c011<UP,POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
	inet 199.84.157.14 --> 199.84.157.45 netmask 0xffffff00 
sl14: flags=c010<POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
sl15: flags=c010<POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
tun0: flags=51<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING> mtu 1500
	inet 199.84.158.1 --> 199.84.158.16 netmask 0xffffff00 
tun1: flags=10<POINTOPOINT> mtu 1500
tun2: flags=10<POINTOPOINT> mtu 1500
tun3: flags=10<POINTOPOINT> mtu 1500
tun4: flags=10<POINTOPOINT> mtu 1500
tun5: flags=10<POINTOPOINT> mtu 1500
tun6: flags=10<POINTOPOINT> mtu 1500
tun7: flags=10<POINTOPOINT> mtu 1500
tun8: flags=10<POINTOPOINT> mtu 1500
tun9: flags=10<POINTOPOINT> mtu 1500
tun10: flags=10<POINTOPOINT> mtu 1500
tun11: flags=10<POINTOPOINT> mtu 1500
tun12: flags=10<POINTOPOINT> mtu 1500
tun13: flags=10<POINTOPOINT> mtu 1500



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